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Offline Pappy

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2009, 05:34:32 am »
Sweet looking bow,tiller looks good and the finish work looks great also. :)
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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2009, 07:50:25 am »
Great looking bow. Love that Hornbeam for bow wood. Thanks for sharing. Dean

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2009, 08:08:01 am »
Mighty fine looking bow! Goodluck with the fishing! ;)
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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2009, 08:48:02 am »
Very nice fishing bow! Any close ups of the arrow? Is that your tilapia retriever? ;D

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2009, 08:50:22 am »
Great bow Pete, happy hunting or is fishing ;) :)
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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2009, 09:57:26 am »
Looks like the right medicine to me!

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2009, 10:30:46 am »
Now that's what I'm talking about!!!  I LOVE it!!!  Dude, you gotta shoot some fish with it, but remember to bring your camera so you can take pics and post them on here, preferably under the hunting thread.  I'm really interested to know how well she performs, and how well your cane fishing arrows work.  Keep us posted! 
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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #22 on: April 23, 2009, 12:20:32 pm »
Very nice and bookmarked for next week's Self Bow of the Month fun.
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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #23 on: April 23, 2009, 12:34:56 pm »
Hey thats a nice looking bow< I live in longview where are you gettin your bow wood from Im trying to find some good sources. I just found out about the hardwood barn in Mt Enterprise. They have some killer stuff there. Where you going for talapia? Hope your have a good trip.

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #24 on: April 23, 2009, 01:38:49 pm »
Seriously Pete, that is a sweet bow! I would love to shoot some Tilapia. Bowfishing is one of my passions with a bow. I want to see that arrow also. I'm hoping to get out soon for the sucker run here in Indiana. Good Shootin to you, Steve

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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #25 on: April 23, 2009, 05:01:04 pm »
Thanks everyone for the kind words.I will get back and answer everybodies questions when we're back from our camping trip.I'll get those arrow pics ,and hopefully some fish pics too. Thanks,and God Bless. Have a great weekend.
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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #26 on: April 23, 2009, 08:09:00 pm »
It's bows like this that have me itching to try a D-Bow.   Beautifully done.
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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow
« Reply #27 on: April 28, 2009, 03:09:07 pm »
First,thanks for all the kind words.This little bow shoots good and right where you look.The arrow in the picture weighs about 750 grains.It is only good in very shallow water and the conditions  this weekend were'nt favorable for it,though I did work hard to get one with the primitive gear.(see pic)The lake was 7 ft. low and all the flats we usually hunt were high and dry.The fish I took with this rig was probably 2 ft. deep,and that's stretching it for it's light weight.We also had 2" of rain,overcast days,with constant wind with gusts to 35MPH.We did however shoot 35 fish despite these conditions,with our selfbows,homemade reels,but rigged with manufactured fishing arrows .These fish make you hunt them,the way we do it,by wading and stalking.Here's the pictures:


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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow with new pictures of arrow and hunt
« Reply #28 on: April 28, 2009, 03:14:44 pm »
Thats a nice Stringer full of Tilapia....and going to be a good meal too....Nice Job!!
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Re: Hophornbeam tilapia D-bow with new pictures of arrow and hunt
« Reply #29 on: April 28, 2009, 03:39:11 pm »
That is awesome! Great bunch of pics. Looks like a really good setup. Put it down on paper and let us read about it in the magazine.

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